Asa barnes



(No Model.)

A. BARNES.

GUANO DISTRIBUTING CART.

No. 366,915. Patented July 19, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT 'FFICE.

ASA BARNES, OF DOVER, NORTH CAROLINA.

GUANO-DISTRIBUTING CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,915, dated July 19,1887.

Application filed May 14, 1887. Serial No. 238,241. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Asa BARNES, a citizen of the United States, residingat Dover, inthe county of Craven and State of North Carolina, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Guano-DistributingCarts; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of my improvedguano-distributer. Fig. 2is a rear end view with rear wall of bodyremoved. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of regulater.

The invention is an improved machine to distribute guano and otherfertilizers, its objects being to distribute the material auto;matically at regular intervals of time and to regulate the amount sodistributed; and it consists in the construction and novel combina tionof parts, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the cart, the body 13 of whichis triangular in cross-section and the sides converging downward. Thebody is provided with a central longitudinal partition, 0, dividing thebody vertically, but cutaway, as at I), at its lower part, to allow thecompartments on each side of the partition to communicate with thedischarge-opening c.

D D are the shafts, and E is the axle, all of usual construction.

F is a longitudinal door, hinged at its up per edge to the side b of thecart.over the dis charge-opening c. The wheelsff turn on the axle, andon'the hubfof the one on the opposite side to the door is secured, byscrews or otherwise, the cam-rin g G, havingthe cam p rojections g g.

H is a lever, pivoted at its front end to a standard rising from thefront end of the cart, and resting upon the cam-ring, so that it will beraised on its pivoted point by the cam proj ections g as the wheelrotates.

I is a chain, connected at its lower end to a hook on the door F, and atits upper end to a hook secured at a suitable point to the inwardsurface of the lever H, so that when the said lever is raised by the camprojections the door is held tightly closed by means of the chain. Theprojections are preferably three in number, and the door is opened bythe weight of the contained fertilizer,when one of said projections isnot holdingthe door closed, by keeping the lever H raised.

J is an adjusting-frame secured to the body at the near end thereof, andconsisting of the vertical bars K and the horizontal retainingrods L L,which slide in bearing-openings in said bars.

M is a plate secured to the rear sides of and connecting the two bars K,and provided with the horizontal slots m, having the vertical downwardextensions m m at their outer and inner ends, respectively.

N N are arms standing at right angles outward from the rods L andpassingthrough the corresponding slots m, so that when any one of the rods isslid either in an outward or inward direction and the pin turned down inthe vertical extension at nfof the corresponding slot m the rod will belocked in position. WVhen the rods are slid outward, their projectingends sustain the rear end of the lever H, the highest rod holdingitsohigh that none of the cam projections g touch it when the cam'ringrotates with the wheel, so that the door F is kept permanently closed bythepull of the chain I. The highest rod beingslid in ward allows thelever to drop onto the projecting ends ofthe lower rods and come withinstriking distance of the projections g. The higher the rod is thatsustains the lever the less the door can open at intervals between thepassage of the projections under the lever.

In operation the weight of the material opens the door when the pull ofthe chain thereon is released by the described means.

Having described my invention, I claim- The combination, with the carthaving the body provided with downwardly-converging sides, thelongitudinal discharge-opening, the hinged door, and the adjustingframesecured to its rear end and consisting of the vertical bars, thehorizontal rods sliding in opposite openings in said bars and providedwith the IOC In testimony whereof I ai'fix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

ASA BARNES.

WVitnesses:

B. N. TERRILL, ASA J. DONERSON.

